The sky is dark this morning. This type of weather might be thought of as foreboding or foreshadowing, especially for friends and family in Texas. High water there already and more rains coming for Texas. Heartbreaking pictures of animals trying to escape flood waters, taking refuge wherever they can, on porches, on tops of cars, anywhere higher ground offers escape. For some of them, rescue is impossible. I pray that no more people are drowned, that everyone stays safe.
This reminds me of what my friend Jane said: Ordinary days are the best days. She was right. Days that go along from sunrise to sunrise with nothing evil or threatening or harmful are the very best. We need to soak them up and enjoy them. And, when calamities come, strive to get back to those ordinary days.
My pink hollyhock by the storage building is blooming. 
Hollyhocks bring back memories of my mom’s back yard or my grandmother’s. They are an old-fashioned flower. The full blossom is perfect as a skirt for a hollyhock doll. Did you ever make one of these?
My neighbor’s day lilies across the street are blooming. Flowers mean springtime and hope and courage. Having lain dormant all winter, they spring up and blossom with warmth and rain.
To my friends in the way of nature’s rampage, my thoughts and prayers are with you. To my friends who are caught in floods of indecision or illness or sadness or fear, my prayers are with you. With hope and courage and faith, we’ll make it through these times and, once again return to those beautiful, extraordinary ordinary days.
Joshua 1:9 – Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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